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Chancery Guide updated

06 October 2017
Issue: 7764 / Categories: Legal News
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The Chancery Guide has been updated and provides important information about the new Business and Property Courts, which came into being in July and opened for business this week. The comprehensive guide provides practical information and should be used in conjunction with the Civil Procedure Rules. The Business and Property Courts act as an umbrella for the specialist business jurisdictions of Chancery, Commercial and Technology and Construction Court. They are based in the Rolls Building, London, as well as Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and Manchester.

Issue: 7764 / Categories: Legal News
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NEWS
One in five in-house lawyers suffer ‘high’ or ‘severe’ work-related stress, according to a report by global legal body, the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC)
The Legal Ombudsman’s (LeO’s) plea for a budget increase has been rejected by the Law Society and accepted only ‘with reluctance’ by conveyancers
Overcrowded prisons, mental health hospitals and immigration centres are failing to meet international and domestic human rights standards, the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) has warned
Two speedier and more streamlined qualification routes have been launched for probate and conveyancing professionals
Workplace stress was a contributing factor in almost one in eight cases before the employment tribunal last year, indicating its endemic grip on the UK workplace
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